The government yesterday announced the criteria for talent acquisition applications after the relevant law’s enactment early July.
In the latest Official Gazette, the Chief Executive publicized the relevant details for the three types of talents the government aimed at attracting: high-end talents, Big Health talents and elite professional talents.
The first type of talents are required to improve the city’s innovation, competitiveness and reputation, according to the government. To qualify, a person should possess excellent abilities or skills with international accreditation or major contributions.
In clarification of the criteria, the government listed certain accreditations or awards that an interested person should possess, depending on their area of profession. These awards or accreditation include honors such as the Nobel Prize, national medals, positions in international entities or private companies such as the UN, the WTO and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the Oscars and the Golden Lion Award of La Biennale di Venezia.
As for the two latter types of talents, this would include people with excellent achievements or performance in medical services, hospital or pharmaceutical management, smart healthcare technology development, innovative medication research, development, supervision and management, standardization of medical equipment and tools, medicine, medication and biological education and research, as well as medicinal registration, trademark and marketing. They should also possess a bachelor or higher level degrees in medicine, pharmacy, public health, medical administration, life sciences or similar disciplines.
The second type of talent will also need at least four years of relevant work experience and the third type at least two years. If they possess degrees in other disciplines, their work experience thresholds will increase to six and four years respectively.
The minimum age for application is 21 years and the applicants must show competency in any of Chinese, Portuguese or English.
There are six scoring criteria to evaluate the ranking of applicants. While other criteria apply, the mode of application will be announced later.
